Engineer to Corps, Rivers Coalition: Most water dumped on St. Lucie, Caloosahatchee estuaries could have gone south

MARTIN COUNTY — Most of the Lake Okeechobee water dumped on the St. Lucie and Caloosahatchee rivers last year could have been sent south, using only existing infrastructure, a Stuart engineer and former state water manager will tell the Army Corps of Engineers at a public hearing Wednesday.